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middle, wliicli is smooth, nitid, and impressed with a faint 

 line ; sides distinctly carinate in an oblique direction on their 

 posterior half, the carina becoming obsolete in front of the 

 middle. Scutellum and sides of mesonotum rather thickly 

 punctured. Elytra closely punctulate, each with three or four 

 raised lines or costa3, of which the two innermost are usually 

 very distinct and unite posteriorly, to be continued a little 

 further back as a single line ; the third costa is less distinct, 

 and a little before the apex bends in to join the posterior end 

 of the common stem ot" the two inner costal; the fourth line 

 is still less distinct and is sometimes almost quite obsolete. 

 A very faint pubescence, consisting of very short suberect 

 fulvous hairs, is present over all parts of the body. 



Paraph iLUS, gen. no v. 



Allied to VesperuSj but differing from that genus by the 

 following characters :— Head shorter, gradually narrowed 

 from the eyes backwards, and without a distinct constriction 

 or neck. Prothorax slightly rounded at the sides, and scarcely 

 narrower anteriorly than at the base, its lower front nuirgin not 

 deeply emarginate ; prosternal process somewhat wider, so 

 that the anterior coxae are less approximated. First abdo- 

 minal sternite of the female more sharply pointed in front. 

 Third joint of the tarsi less deeply cleft. 



The great resemblance which the unique species of this 

 genus presents to some of the species of Philus is further 

 evidence in favour of the view that Vespei-us is nearly related 

 to, and should be placed near, the Monodesmid group of 

 Prionidaj. 



ParapMlus duplex, sp. n. 



Testaceus, fulvo tenuissime pubesceus ; elytris pallidioribus ; pro- 

 thorace paullo transverso, supra subnitido, sat dense minuteque 

 punctulato ; elytris crebro punctulatis, pallidis, versus basin sub- 

 nitidis testaceis, ( cj" ) apicem abdominis paullo superautibus, 

 ( $ ) segmentum primuru abdominis veutrale vix excedentibus. 



Long. J 17-21 millim. 



Hab. China: Pekin [Swinhoe) ; Foochow (J. de la Touche), 

 Head dull reddish testaceous, closely and minutely punc- 

 tured. Prothorax somewhat nitid above, minutely and rather 

 densely punctured, the sides slightly rounded in the middle, 

 and without any trace of a lateral carina. Elytra in the male 

 completely covering the abdomen, closely punctulate, pale 

 yellowish testaceous in colour, with the base more reddish 

 and slightly nitid, each narrowed and subacuminate at the 

 apex ] in the female scarcely reaching beyond the second 

 ventral segment of the abdomen, dehiscent at the suture, each 

 rounded at the apex. 



